Ethnobotanical study of the sages used in traditional Valencian medicine and as essential oilCharacterization of an endemic Salvia and its contribution to local development

  1. Vanessa Martínez-Francés 1
  2. Emeline Hahn 2
  3. Jorge Juan-Vicedo 1
  4. Roser Vila 2
  5. Segundo Riíos 1
  6. Salvador Cañigueral 2
  1. 1 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

  2. 2 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

Revista:
Contributions to Science

ISSN: 1575-6343

Ano de publicación: 2012

Volume: 8

Número: 1

Páxinas: 77-84

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

Seven wild and cultivated Salvia species and two Phlomis species, used traditionally in Valencian medicine to treat a variety of external and internal ailments, were studied. New ethnobotanical data are provided, obtained from semistructured interviews with 34 people in the Valencian area. A seasonal characterization of the essential oil of a wild sage, Salvia blancoana Webb & Heldr. subsp. mariolensis Figuerola, by GC-FID and GC-MS was carried out as a means to ensure quality control of endemic traditional species such as this one, which has been commercialized by local industries. A comparison with the essential oil of Salvia lavandulifolia Vahl subsp.lavandulifolia allowed inclusion of the wild sage within the commercial 'Spanish sage' oil.